Beyond Oil 2017: Mobilizing alternative futures
Society is inevitably moving beyond oil. The direction that this transformation will take is still highly uncertain. Transformations to societies beyond oil involve deliberate choices that lead to different outcomes with regards to power, justice, inequality and human-nature relations.
Hovedinnhold
A task for social scientists is to analyze the structures of inertia and capacities for change in current societies, and highlight the multiple futures that these make possible.
As research moves from studying problems to proposing pathways and solutions, we therefore need to critically interrogate the particular solutions that are proposed and how they relate to the futures we wish to mobilize. As academics, we also need to consider our own role in transformations - whether as catalysts, participants, critics, or knowledge producers.
Preliminary program
See the detailed program here. To register for the conference, click here (closed after 16.10.). There is no conference fee.
The conference is hosted by SpaceLab and Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation
Info
- Kontakt: Karin Lillevold eller Marikken Wathne
- Program: http://spacelab.b.uib.no/files/2017/07/Program-Beyond-Oil.pdf
- Registrering innen 16. 10.: (stengt)
- Twitter: @UiBSpaceLab og @UiBCet
- Facebook: UiB SpaceLab og Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation
- Arrangeres av: SpaceLab, Institutt for geografi, og Senter for klima og energiomstilling, Universitetet i Bergen
